title: External factors in hospital information system (HIS) adoption model: a case on Malaysia.
abstract: Studies related to healthcare ICT integration in Malaysia are relatively little, thus this paper provide a literature review of the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the healthcare sector in Malaysia through the hospital information system (HIS). Our study emphasized on secondary data to investigate the factors related to ICT integration in healthcare through HIS. Therefore this paper aimed to gather an in depth understanding of issues related to HIS adoption, and contributing in fostering HIS adoption in Malaysia and other countries. This paper provides a direction for future research to study the correlation of factors affecting HIS adoption. Finally a research model is proposed using current adoption theories and external factors from human, technology, and organization perspectives.
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. hwlee1986@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Heng Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Thurasamy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramayah
authors.forename: Nasriah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zakaria
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019982:Organizational Case Studies